SESSION 2 EXAMINATIONS NOVEMBER 2012 Unit Code and Name: AFIN252‚ Applied Financial Analysis and Management Time Allowed: 3 hours plus 10 minutes reading time. Total Number of Questions: 50 Multiple Choice Questions plus 8 full response questions. Instructions: 1. PART A (30 marks): There are 50 multiple choice questions. Answers to these must be recorded on a red-coloured General Purpose Answer Sheet which will be marked by a computer. Please make sure your name is on this sheet. 2. PART B
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CONCEPT OF THE TERM STRUCTURE OF INTEREST? WHAT INFLUENCE DOES THE BANK OF ENGLAND HAVE OVER THE TERM STRUCTURE AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR MONETARY POLICY To understand the term structure of interest rate we need to elaborate how interest rates function and how they are determined. Interest rates are a vital tool to all the macro-economic policy objectives of a government such as control of inflation‚ investment as well as employment. Interest rates refer to the price paid by deficit agents for borrowing
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for the 1880’s. The next item we shall discuss is characters. All these characters are fascinating in their own unique way. Starting with Professor Annorax‚ Annorax as he mainly goes by in the story is actually the narrator who is about 40 years
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Assignment “Net Promoter Score: a strong indicator of loyalty and growth?” 2 Table of Content Page Introduction…………………………………………………………………………3 1 Main advantages of the NPS……………………………………………...4 1.1 1.2 1.3 2 Simple and understandable – the calculation of the NPS……...4 Simple categorization of the customer groups - …………………. application of the NPS……………………………………………...5 Motivating Change - customer-focused management by NPS...6 Main disadvantages of the NPS ................................
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Major Determinants of Interest Rates Inflation Inflation is a factor that decisively affects the nature or outcome of interest rates. “Inflation is an increase in prices of goods and services over time”(Financial Institutions‚ Instruments and Markets‚ 2012). Inflation is the natural byproduct of a robust‚ growing economy. No inflation‚ or deflation (the lowering of prices)‚ is actually a much worse economic indicator. Also‚ in a healthy economy‚ wages rise at the same rate as prices. A standard
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between exchange rates‚ interest rates • In this lecture we will learn how exchange rates accommodate equilibrium in financial markets. For this purpose we examine the relationship between interest rates and exchange rates. Interest rates are the return to holding interest-bearing financial assets. In the previous lecture we have pointed out that as being a financial asset exchange rates tend to adjust more quickly to new information that goods prices. Like exchange rates‚ interest rates are also the prices
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Net Present Value‚ IRR‚ and the Payback Period Infomercial Entertainment‚ Inc. In the good of days—before cable TV‚ fax machines‚ and multimedia personal computers—the phrase‚"…and now a word from our sponsor…”usually meant just that‚ Television commercials were continued to thirty-and sixty—second messages‚ grouped together to occupy only two or three minutes of viewing time. Occasionally‚ if you stayed up late enough sitting in front of the tube‚ you’d see thirty minute segments on riveting topics
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Principal Component Value at Risk: an application to the measurement of the interest rate risk exposure of Jamaican Banks to Government of Jamaica (GOJ) Bonds Mark Tracey1 Financial Stability Department Research & Economic Programming Division Bank of Jamaica Abstract This paper develops an effective value at risk (VaR) methodology to complement existing Bank of Jamaica financial stability assessment tools. This methodology employs principal component analysis and key rate durations for assessing
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A Critique on 20‚000 Leagues The journey of a ship’s crew taken hostage by an eccentric submarine captain‚ in a time when the cast-iron monster baffled the educated mind. "20‚000 Leagues Under the Sea" is a classic that combines the inventive mind of the author‚ Jules Verne‚ and modern technology to create a psuedo realistic world that paved the way for the steam punk genre. It entrances the human’s unquenching desire for discovery at every turn. Although having a superb storyline‚ I find that at
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A Present Career‚ A Career Interest‚ and the Value of a College Education Abstract My career path has been chosen for me through heredity‚ as my length of time on Earth has been pre-determined by the Great Creator. How I choose to use this time will be referred to as my success statement of life. How I am remembered will depend on what I accomplish. In short‚ life is given‚ but not guaranteed. We all have the choices before us‚ which determine if life is easy or difficult. Many times‚ I had
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